This Monograph explores the role of culture in diplomacy, with a specific focus on international cultural exchange. Arts leaders successfully integrate cultural exchange programs into a variety of community settings in different regions of the United States, exchanging diverse forms of arts and culture with many foreign nations and with various levels of fiscal and managerial support.

Americans for the Arts’ Monograph series featured in-depth issue papers on topics that were of the greatest interest to our members and arts professionals at the time. They often still serve as excellent resources for best practices and historic reference for today’s issues. Monographs were produced from 1993–2010. Monographs from 2001-2010 are available for downloadable in PDF format our online store at a nominal fee for nonmembers but free to members. All monographs from 1993-2000 are available for free download via the National Arts Administration and Policy Publications Database.

This Monograph explores the role of culture in diplomacy, with a specific focus on international cultural exchange.